After months of witness testimony last year, it’s now the turn of suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to call her witnesses. The inquiry into the Public Protector’s fitness to hold office was expected to resume on Monday. After months of witness testimony last year, it’s now the turn of suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to […]
The local SPCA is attending to reports about where the tiger is roaming in the Edenvale area, while the public remains on high alert. The National Council for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) has confirmed that another tiger is on the loose in Eastleigh, Edenvale. This is the second tiger […]
The NICD, along with the Health Department, first confirmed a measles outbreak after around 200 cases were recorded in December. The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has warned that the measles outbreak was spreading faster. It’s now in five provinces, with at least 406 confirmed cases. The NICD, along with the Health Department, first […]
The protest action is apparently related to the removal of squatters around the Diepsloot township. Gauteng traffic police say that the protest action along the N14 highway between Krugersdorp and Pretoria is continuing for a second day. The protest action is apparently related to the removal of squatters around the Diepsloot township. Motorists have been […]
Zandile Mafe’s defence attorney, Luvuyo Godla, has told the court his client refused to leave his prison cell on Friday morning. Alleged Parliament arsonist, Zandile Mafe, has again snubbed pre-trial proceedings at the Western Cape High Court. Mafe’s defence attorney, Luvuyo Godla, has told the court his client refused to leave his prison cell on […]
After a fallout between them in 2022, the parties seem to have made up because of their shared constituency, which they say the DA-led multiparty coalition neglected. The African National Congress (ANC) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Ekurhuleni said that they were ready to form a partnership that would put the people first. […]
The metro’s three-phase IPP plan would provide protection for Capetonians from the first four stages of load shedding in the next three years. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said that the City of Cape Town hoped to completely shield Capetonians from power cuts over time. On Thursday, he outlined the metro’s three-phase independent power producer (IPP) plan […]
Former MEC for Agriculture in the Free State, Mosebenzi Zwane, appeared alongside his co-accused, where they face fraud, corruption and money laundering charges linked to the botched R280 million project. The Bloemfontein High Court has postponed the Estina dairy farm corruption case to April for further case management. The defence have been given specific timelines […]
Minority parties, including the African Transformation Movement (ATM), the African Independent Congress (AIC) and Al Jama-ah have each tabled no-confidence motions in Phalatse, which will be heard at Thursday’s council meeting. There have been suggestions that minority parties in the Johannesburg council would need to acquire support from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in order […]
The 40-year-old man made his first appearance in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday after handing himself over to police. The case against a nurse implicated in the murder of a police officer in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha has been postponed to the end of January for bail information. The 40-year-old man made his first […]